Environmental policies that banned the only viable form of protection against locusts have caused direct harm in Niger.

Everybody who pays attention to these sorts of things knows Muslim societies are almost uniquely immune to the forces that have been driving down fertility rates on every continent for decades. But everybody, it seems, fell asleep before the final act.

If assassination was most noxious to the progressive left, the fact that a president they supported embraced the strategy has permanently nullified what otherwise would have been a staunchly partisan issue

By promoting a treaty banning an insecticide, green alarmists contributed to the drought in Niger they now pin on global warming.

By pushing a treaty banning insecticides, green alarmists created a tragedy in Niger they now blame on global warming.

This month Nigeria celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence from Britain, but it was not a happy occasion, as the nation is still marred by the fundamental problem of a lack of rights for local people.

Forces allied to the former Gadhafi regime could still threaten a fragile new government using guerilla and terrorist tactics. It would be a mistake to underestimate his tenacity or to dismiss the warning of his son Seif that "We will fight to our very last man, woman, and bullet."

A new released by the Critical Threats Project examines how the Iranian regime enjoys continued confidence on the world stage due to the relationships it maintains in the developing world, such as in West Africa.